Gunpei Yokoi

Japanese video game designer (1941–1997).

Born September 10th, 1941 in Kyoto.

Died October 4th, 1997 at 56 years old in Ishikawa Prefecture (traffic collision).

Jeremiah Wright

Retired pastor from chicago, usa.

Born September 22nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Philadelphia.

Leslie Lamport

American computer scientist.

Born February 7th, 1941 (age 85 years) in New York City.

Raymond Tomlinson

American computer programmer (1941-2016).

Born April 23rd, 1941 in Amsterdam. ^[ref]

Died March 5th, 2016 at 74 years old in Lincoln (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Angela Pleasence

British actress.

Born September 17th, 1941 in Chapeltown. ^[ref]

Died April 6th, 2026 at 84 years old ^[ref]

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Indian film director (born 1941).

Born July 3rd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Adoor.

Anjana Mumtaz

Indian kannada actress.

Born January 4th, 1941 (age 85 years) in India.

Elizabeth Eckford

Part of the little rock nine.

Born October 4th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Little Rock.

Barbara Ehrenreich

American writer and journalist (1941–2022).

Born August 26th, 1941 in Butte.

Died September 1st, 2022 at 81 years old in Alexandria (stroke). ^[ref]

Martin Jarvis

British actor.

Born August 4th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Cheltenham.

Martha Reeves

American singer.

Born July 18th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Eufaula.

Tim Hardin

American recording artist; folk musician and composer (1941–1980).

Born December 23rd, 1941 in Eugene.

Died December 29th, 1980 at 39 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).

Félix Rodríguez

American cia officer.

Born May 31st, 1941 (age 85 years) in Havana.

Gheorghe Zamfir

Romanian pan flute musician.

Born April 6th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Găești.

Anne Tyler

American novelist.

Born October 25th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Minneapolis.

David Clayton-Thomas

Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter.

Born September 13th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Kingston upon Thames.

Bernard Ebbers

Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020).

Born August 27th, 1941 in Edmonton.

Died February 2nd, 2020 at 78 years old in Brookhaven (dementia). ^[ref]

Lamont Dozier

American singer-songwriter (1941–2022).

Born June 16th, 1941 in Detroit.

Died August 8th, 2022 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Deborah Walley

American actress (1941-2001).

Born August 12th, 1941 in Bridgeport.

Died May 10th, 2001 at 59 years old in Sedona (esophageal cancer).

Irma Thomas

American soul and rhythm and blues singer.

Born February 18th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Ponchatoula.

Arun Shourie

Indian journalist and politician.

Born November 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Jalandhar.

James E. Hansen

American physicist.

Born March 29th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Denison.

Lonnie Mack

American musician (1941–2016).

Born July 18th, 1941 in West Harrison.

Died April 21st, 2016 at 74 years old in Nashville. ^[ref]

Paul Tsongas

American politician (1941–1997).

Born February 14th, 1941 in Lowell.

Died January 18th, 1997 at 55 years old in Lowell (pneumonia, lymphoma).

Martine Beswick

Jamaican actress and model.

Born September 26th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Port Antonio.